Wax paper package



Oct. 13, 1931. N. MARcALUs w'Ax PAPER PAQKAGE Filed Feb. 7, 1929 lNvN oR,u ATTORNEYS hama occ. 1s, A1931 UNITED sTATEsPATr-.NT OFFICE NIOHOLASHABCALUS, Ol' LYNBBOOK, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOB TO AUTOMATIC IAPER MACHINERYCO., INC., A CORPORATION F NEW I'IILRSIEE` 'WAX PAPER PACKAGEapplication mea February 7, 1929. seria; no. 338,143.

This invention relates to boxes or dispensf ing packages for rolls ofpaper, and has for its object to make certain improvements in the boxdescribed in'my Patent No. 1,630,495; That box is a relatively longcard-board container designed to enclose a roll of paper, the free edgeofthe front wall lbeing provided with a metal strip having a serratedcutting or tearing edge. The paper is drawn from the roll while thelatter is held in the box, and

' torn along the serrated edge when the desired length has beenunrolled. During this operation the top of the box is preferably closedwith its iiap tucked behind the front wall, the latter with the flapforming a guideway for the paper. In order vto facilitate the unrollingof subsequent sheets the flap, the cover and the front wall below themetal strip .are provided with openings enabling the user to grasp theforward end of the paper with thumb and foreinger and thus start theunrolling operation.

In shipping such a box with its contained roll, the cover Hap is placedoutside, and over the serrated edge for the purpose of protecting thelatter, and then some sealing means employed. Thus, when theuser,commonly a housewife, receives the package itv is not in readinessfor use. She must break the seal, open the box, withdraw a short length.of paper and then insert the flap behind the paper which she has justwithdrawn. This 1s a simple thing to do, it is true, but it would bepreferable to sell the package with the paper in position for immediatewithdrawal. In accordance with the resent invention the cover Hap isplaced behind the front wall at the factory and the forward end of thepaper placed between the two so that the purchaser perceives at once themanner in which the paper is to be withdrawn. As the package is thusshipped with the serrated metal edge exposed I place it for protectionslightly below the plane of the cover when the latter is in closedposition. The ends of the cover are extended a fraction of an inch sothat they overlie the ends when the cover is closed and thus make itdilicult to depress the cover below the level of the serrated edge whenthe paper roll no longer iills the box. As a further protcctionfor thecuttin edge I prefer to fold the forward end of t e paper down over themetal.

, I have also invented improved means for holding the box closed duringtransportation Without the use of a seal. Instead of removing thecard-board from the finger opening in the cover, I score in outline thepart to be removed from the cover and provide the part to be removedfrom the Hap with two laterally extending tongues which are insertedthrough the opening in the front wall and thus hold the cover snugly inplace. It is then a simple matter to open the box, tear out the tab ortuck piece and proceed to withdraw the paper.

When the box is in use it is necesasry that fthe cover remain closedwith its 'lap behind the front wall of the box. After the removal of thetuck there is a tendency for the cover to spring open and remain so,making it necessary for the user to reinsert the flap behind the frontwall whenever paper is to be withdrawn. In accordance with the presentinvention I therefore half cut the card-board along the back end of thecover to minimize the spring of the cover and lcause it to remainclosed.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated a preferred embodimentof my in1 vention. In these drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a box made in accordance with thepresent invention, showing the box filled with paper and closed andready for shipment;

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional detail through the tuck taken alongline 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the empty box with the cover 1n hallcopen position;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary perspective of the box showing the tuckremoved and the parts in position` for dispensing paper;

Figure 5 is a transverse section takenl along line 5--5 of Figure 4, and

Figure 6 is a sectional detail taken along line 6-6 of Figure 1 showinga projecting end of the cover.

The box illustrated is an elongated rectangular card-board boxsubstantially square in cross-section and desi ed to hold a roll ofpaper, such as a roll o waxed paper, commonly used by housewives forwrapping f ood. The front wall l of thisv box 1s provided along itsupper edge with a metallic strip 2 having a serrated cutting edge .3.The upper edge of the front wall l is sllghtly below the level of thetop of the box and the serrated cutting edge 3 also terminates Justbelow the level of the cover 4, so that when the box is closed, asillustrated in Figures t and 6, the cutting edge does not pro'ect abovethe to of the box. When the ox holds a comp ete roll, the roll itselfmay prevent the cover from being pushed down below the cutting edge, butas the paper is unrolled this is no longer true, and l therefore extendthe ends of the cover, as at 5, so that they project slightly beyond theends of the box, as illustrated most clearly in Figure 6. Theseprojecting ends normally keep the cover above the cutting edge andtherefore protect it during shipment, and also make it unlikely that theuser of the box shall be scratched by the metallic points of the cuttingedge.

The cover is provided with a downwardly extending flap 6 designed to liebehind the front wall during use, the flap and the front wallconstituting a guide for the paper 7. ln order that the package may beshipped with the parts in operative relation, l cut from the flap a tab,or tuck 8, provided with laterally extending tongues 9. 'llhe middle ofthe front wall of the box is provided, just below the metallic strip 2,with an opening 10 which serves the same function as the correspondingopening illustrated in the box of my Patent No. 1,630,495, namely toenable the user to initiate the withdrawal of the first sheet byinserting his thumb through this opening. A corresponding openin for theforefingerin the cover and flap is a so neces sary. rlhe hole in theflap, left bythe .cutting out of the tuck 8, can serve the purpose ofthe opening in the flap and the opening in the cover is obtained byscoring a section 11 immediately adjacent the tuck.

To prepare the package for shipment the roll is placed in the box in theposition illustrated in Figures 2 and 5, and the forward edge drawn upand over the cutting edge and folded down, as illustrated in Figure l.rllhe cover is then closed with the flap inserted behind the front wallof the box. The two tongues 9 of the tuck are slipped through theopening 10, as illustrated in Figure l, and thus not only hold the boxclosed, but press and squeeze the forward end of the paper between theHap and the front wall and thus make displacement of it practicallyimpossible.

When the housewife receives this package it is immediately obvious toher how the paper is to be withdrawn and all that she has to do is toremove the tuck, tear out the scored section Laat/,oat

of card-board 11 in the cover'and withdraw from the roll any desiredlength of paper.

open thus necessitating its replacement before use. To overcome thisobjection I have cut the rear upper edge of the box, as illustrated at12 thus weakenmg' the card-board and producing, in eifect, a fiexiblehinge for the cover.

ll claim A. box for dispensing roll paper-comprising.

side walls and a cover, a cutting edge along the top of the .front wall,an opening in the front wall below the cutting e ge, a flap on the coverlyin behind the cutting edge and y forming with t e front wall a guidefor paper to be dispensed, a tuck cut from the flap and hinged along theupper edge thereof, tongues on the tuck extending through the openingand behind the front wall to keep the box closed, and a section of thecover immediately adjacent the tuck and of substantially the size of theopening in the front wall defined by scoring so that after removal ofthe tuck and the scored section of the cover, paper can be drawn upwardbetween thefront wall and the Hap.

ln testimony whereof ll affix my signature.

` NlCHOLAS MARCALTUS.

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